Veteran Thai diplomat Tej Bunnag famously says that Thai diplomacy even "bends before the wind blows". Mr Tej -- a former foreign minister -- is also a historian and one of the country's most knowledgeable observers of Thai diplomacy. Yet over the past two years, Thai foreign policy has been "put under the bus", both domestically and internationally. Frequent leadership changes, political instability, and the powerful influence of social media have left Thai foreign policy stagnant. Indeed, under the Anutin government, Thai diplomacy has been more assertive and less ambiguous.

Source: Bangkok Post January 13, 2026 00:13 UTC